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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Saku Tomita diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1482
Abstract

Manuscript bound diary, May 2-September 10, 1942, in Japanese, with a typescript English translation by Zuigaku Kodachi, 1975, about Saku Tomita's experiences at the Portland Assembly Center, a temporary detention camp in Portland, Oregon, during World War II.

Dates: 1942

Frances Toyooka memoir

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Identifier: Coll 891
Abstract

Memoir of Frances Toyooka, typed by and with an introduction by her daughter, Janet Thibault. Toyooka, a second-generation Japanese American woman, was living in Troutdale, Oregon, when the United States entered World War II. The memoir primarily concerns her experience being incarcerated by the U.S. government at Minidoka, and then living at the Twin Falls Labor Camp, but also discusses living in Vanport, Oregon, and then northeastern Portland, Oregon, following the war.

Dates: 2016

Tule Lake incarceration center employee handbook and map

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Identifier: Coll 944
Abstract

An employee handbook for the Tule Lake incarceration center and a map of the center. Tule Lake was a facility in northern California where the U.S. government incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II.

Dates: 1944 September; circa 1944

Tule Lake Pilgrimage, August 26-28, 1994: A Report Prepared for the Background Informations on the Tule Lake Center

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Identifier: Coll 909
Abstract

Report by Berkeley, California, architect Takasumi Kojima, written in preparation for a pilgrimage to Tule Lake in memory of the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The report provides background information about the Tule Lake incarceration center specifically, as well as about government incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II in general.

Dates: 1994

Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi

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Identifier: SR 965
Abstract

Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi conducted by George I. Azumano on October 29, 1994, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Wakasugi discusses his family background and early life as a second-generation Japanese American on farms on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and in Banks, Oregon, as well as his experiences farming in Ontario, Oregon, during World War II.

Dates: 1994 October 29

Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada

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Identifier: SR960
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada conducted by Taka Mizote on March 8, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Yada was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Salem. After graduating from Willamette University, he took over the family farm. During World War II, he and his family were incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake Relocation Center in California. After their release, he returned to farming.

Dates: 1992 March 8